Growing Pains Difficult Times

It can be very challenging to maintain a positive attitude
and a measure of faith when you are in the midst of
difficult times. This is partly because we tend to think
that if the universe loves us we will experience that love
in the form of positive circumstances. However, we are like
children, and the universe is our wise mother who knows what
our souls need to thrive better than we do. Just as a young
child does not benefit from getting everything she wants,
we also benefit from times of constriction and difficulty
to help us grow and learn. If we keep this in mind, and
continue to trust that we are loved even when things are
hard, it helps us bear the difficult time with grace.

This period of time in history is full of difficulty for a
lot of human beings, and you may feel less alone knowing
you are not being singled out. There are extreme energy
changes pulsing through the universe at every level and,
of course, we are all part of the growing process and the
growing pains. It helps if we remember that life is one
phase after another and that this difficult time will
inevitably give way to something new and different. When we
feel overwhelmed we can comfort ourselves with the wise
saying: This too shall pass.

At the same time, if you truly feel that nothing is going
right for you, it’s never a bad idea to examine your life
and see if there are some changes you can make to alleviate
some of the difficulty. Gently and compassionately exploring
the areas giving you the most trouble may reveal things you
are holding onto and need to release: unprocessed emotions,
unresolved transitions, or negative ways of looking at
yourself or reality. As you take responsibility for the
things you can change, you can more easily surrender to the
things you can’t, remembering all the while that this phase
will, without doubt, give way to another.

Daily OM